The Crystalairs

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In 1988 Claus-Peter Niem and Ralf zur Linde were about to graduate from High School. They both were par of their High School bands singing and playing instruments. They sang a lot of oldies and knew they were about to leave behind a very important part of their younth. They were attending a party where they met a local acappella group from the neighborhood, the Vermonts. This group too was in the process of breaking up when Daniel and Jens Franke and Olaf Roesner convinced Claus and Ralf to join together and form a new group. Thus was born the Del Romans. The group worked together in the local areas for a few months, and Olaf eventually dropped out for personal reasons. The group continued as a four man act. They had all collected many 45's from the USA ranging from Doo Wop to girl group classics and wanted very much to record a record of their own. They had gone in a small studio and recorded some demos of both cover songs and a few originals. It was this tape accompained by a letter that introduced me to the boys from Germany. Unknown to me at the time was the fact that the Del Romans decided to change their group name. They had many releases from my Crystal Ball label and decided to to call themselves the Crystalairs. I was impressed with the sound especially the original tunes and started to write to the group. They had planned a visit to New York in the summer of 1989 where they recorded many sides at Steve Dworkin's Cue Recording studios in New York City. When they

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